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39 In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, [a]Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem and besieged it.(A)

And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, they broke into the city.

[[b]When Jerusalem was taken] all the princes of the king of Babylon came in and sat in the Middle Gate: Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim [the Rabsaris] a chief of the eunuchs, and Nergal-sharezer [II, the Rabmag] a chief of the magicians, with all the rest of the officials of the king of Babylon.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 39:1 See footnote on Jer. 21:2.
  2. Jeremiah 39:3 This clause has been supplied from the end of chapter 38, where, according to many authorities, many translations have wrongly placed it.

39 In the ninth year of Zedekiah(A) king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar(B) king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his whole army and laid siege(C) to it. And on the ninth day of the fourth(D) month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, the city wall(E) was broken through.(F) Then all the officials(G) of the king of Babylon came and took seats in the Middle Gate: Nergal-Sharezer of Samgar, Nebo-Sarsekim a chief officer, Nergal-Sharezer a high official and all the other officials of the king of Babylon.

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